Liu Mengru was rehearsing a wedding song.
Tong Mingshan had been waiting at the Tong residence for He Zhong to bring him the young beauty.
Because of this beautiful young woman, he didn't visit any of his concubines' rooms today, nor did he have any interest in brothels.
But as time passed, it was already 8 p.m. and there was still no news.
He Zhong had gone out early in the morning to find Wang, the most famous matchmaker in Yulin, to propose marriage, which was a great honor for Zhao Ruojin.
Even if Zhao Ruojin didn't agree, it would only be a bit more complicated. With He Zhong's abilities, he should have brought her back by now.
Tong Mingshan summoned Steward He from the manor, and was about to have him send someone out to search when a servant rushed over.
"Master, something terrible has happened! Master, something terrible has happened!"
Tong Mingshan frowned, kicked the servant who stumbled over, sending him sprawling to the ground.
"What kind of behavior is this, yelling and shouting? What do you mean I'm not doing well!"
The servant, clutching his chest where he had been kicked, hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Master, Guanhe Tower, Guanhe Tower is on fire, it's all gone."
What? !
Tong Mingshan grabbed a servant and demanded, "Tell me exactly what happened."
The servant hurriedly said, "I was on duty at Guanhe Tower today. Everything was fine until this afternoon when, for some reason, many parts of Guanhe Tower caught fire at the same time. We were short-handed and tried our best to put out the fire, but we couldn't. Later, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and Guanhe Tower... was burned down."
"Useless!" Tong Mingshan was furious and threw the servant out.
He spent a fortune building the Lotus Viewing Pavilion after he seized Yunhu from the Xu family, and it was burned down not long after.
Before Tong Mingshan could ask for more details about the cause of the fire, several guards carried He Zhong back.
He Zhong's face was completely bloodless, and the cloth wrapped around his feet was soaked with blood.
What happened this time?
"What's going on?" Tong Mingshan felt a throbbing sensation in his temples.
What's wrong with me today? One thing after another seems off.
And it all seems to have started with meeting Zhao Ruojin.
"Reporting to Your Excellency, today we followed Miss Zhao to Yunhu Lake, just as we were about to make our move to capture her, when Miss Zhao's maid suddenly attacked, and we were all hit by the poisoned needles she shot out, and then we all passed out."
When we woke up and found He Zhong missing, we searched everywhere and finally found him unconscious on the east side of the lake. He Zhong had a cut on his foot that wouldn't stop bleeding no matter what we tried.
Fortunately, the wound wasn't particularly large and didn't damage any tendons or veins; otherwise, He Zhong would be dead by now. However, the wound was very deep, with the flesh inside turned inside out and soaked in water, making it look white and somewhat unsettling.
Tong Mingshan narrowed his eyes upon hearing this. Zhao Ruojin's maid knew how to use poison?
Haha, he really underestimated this little girl.
Good, very good. The fiercer the prey, the better.
Butler He was anxious as he watched his son get so badly injured, but seeing Tong Mingshan's gloomy face, he didn't dare to say anything and could only take his son downstairs to find a doctor for treatment.
He didn't get to enjoy the beauty, and the Lotus Viewing Pavilion was burned down. Tong Mingshan felt a surge of anger in his chest.
Little did he know that his bad luck wasn't over yet.
At midnight, Tong Mingshan was fast asleep, embracing his seventh concubine, when suddenly someone knocked on the door and woke him up.
At this moment, Tong Mingshan was dreaming of Zhao Ruojin, dressed in a thin veil, smiling gently at him, reaching out her slender white fingers to hook his chin, her face slowly moving closer to him.
Awakened from his sweet dream, Tong Mingshan roared angrily, "Do you want to die? How dare you disturb my sleep?"
"Sir, something has happened at the government office."
Upon hearing that something had happened at the government office, Tong Mingshan instantly woke up and sat up abruptly. "What happened?"
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